Jan Zahradil

Jan Zahradil (30 March 1963-) was an ODS member of the Czech Chamber of Deputies from 20 June 1998 to 20 July 2004 and President of the Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe.

Biography
Jan Zahradil was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia on 30 March 1963, and he worked as a scientific researcher until 1992, after which he became a foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus. From 1998 to 2004, he served in the Chamber of Deputies as an ODS member, and he served as the party's vice-chairman in 2001 and as First Vice-Chairman from 2002 to 2004. In 2004, Zahradil was elected as an ACRE MEP, and he became the party's president in 2010.